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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't have to do anything your parents say, you are an adult.

You but are violating basic norms of being an adult but not cleaning your space when you have visitors.

[b]Another guideline of being an adult is not discussing/revealing issues you do not wish to discuss with the other person.  Why are you telling your parents about all of your minor ailments?  You are in a stage where you are negotiating your own adulthood and the relationship you want with them.  If you don't want them to comment on your sore throat, don't tell them you have one.  Why should they know you have a headache because you walked through a weed cloud?  You can tell them and expect a reaction.  Or you can keep it to yourself.  But as an adult, you cannot tell them and then control their reaction.[/b][/quote]

I don't tell them anything about my body. They just see spots on my skin and then hound me to schedule an appointment to find out what it is. But these spots aren't causing me any problems and I'm able to hide them when I go into work. They also strong-arm me into scheduling things like dentist and optometrist appointments because they don't think I take good enough care of things like my eyes and teeth. While I admit that I don't take as good care of them as most people, I take enough care of them to ensure that I won't have any teeth-related or eye-related that will take over my life.[/quote]

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